Nick Cannon is causing a debate after claiming he would rather “raise a bully” who knows how to “throw hands” versus having his child get picked on and bullied.
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Nick Cannon’s Lengthy Loving Family Tree
Cannon, born Nicholas Scott Cannon, is famously known as a father of 12. The 44-year-old superdad shares a dozen kids with six women. If you need a refresher, here’s the family tree… Cannon and Mariah Carey, 56, share his oldest children, twins Moroccan “Roc” Scott Cannon and Monroe “Roe” Cannon, 14. Cannon shares son Golden Sagon Cannon, 7, daughter Powerful Queen Cannon, 4, and son Rise Messiah Cannon, 3, with Brittany Bell, 38.
With Abby De La Rosa, 35, Cannon shares another set of twins, sons Zion Mixolydian Cannon and Zillion Heir Cannon, 4, plus daughter Beautiful Zeppelin Cannon, 3. He also shares son Legendary Love Cannon, 3, with Bre Tiesi, 34, and daughter Onyx Ice Cole Cannon, 3, with LaNisha Cole, 43. With Alyssa Scott, 32, he shares son Zen Scott Cannon, who tragically passed away at 5 months from brain cancer, and daughter Halo Marie Cannon, who will be 3 on December 14.
Nick Cannon Would Rather ‘Raise A Bully’ Than To Have His Child Be Bullied
During the November 24-released episode of his Wondery show, ‘We Playin’ Spades,’ Cannon sat with co-host Courtney Bee and guests, ‘Selling Sunset‘ star and one of Cannon’s baby mamas Bre Tiesi, and Courtney’s friend Aminah Imani, “a comedian, actress, and mother with no filter.”
While introducing a new topic, Cannon asked Tiesi, “When’s the last time you got your a** whooped?” She quipped, “Before I came here, by your child.” He replied, “He do like to throw hands.” Tiesi replied, “Yes. He’s a little fighter.”
Cannon agreed, “He’s a little fighter for real. See, I told him, ‘Do not hit girls. You can hit boys.'” Tiesi looked at Courtney and said, “See, that’s not really what you should say either. But, yeah.” The table agreed, while seeing what Cannon tried to say. The table continued to dive deeper into the topic of “raising ‘soft’ kids.”
Eventually Cannon said:
“First of all, for a man, there’s confidence in knowing how to fight. Just being a protector and being able—. I was a very, very small child. And I had all of the Taekwondo and all that, and that helped me and gave me a sense of confidence. But, it didn’t happen until I got into a couple of fights and I was like, ‘Oh, I’m nice.’ You gotta know what getting punched in the face feels like.”
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Cannon continued to disclaim, “Again, I don’t tell nobody how to raise their kids. But, just at some point, the confidence in a man of knowing how to throw your hands, it helps you in life.” He added:
“And then you teach them, ‘Okay, you use this for self-defense or you do this or when…’ Because that’s what we do. We got a little boxing gym. He knows, like, I’ll be hitting him in the living room. He’s like, ‘Daddy, that’s in the gym. We only do that in the gym.’ I don’t know. I think I just want people to be like, ‘Well, them Cannons are coming. They going to f**k you up. You see them Cannons?’ I’d rather raise a bully than my child to be bullied. At least teach your kids how to defend themselves.”
Courtney Bee added, “You do have to learn how to defend yourself. But, I do know we in a different day and time. These kids soft as hell. There’s some soft a** kids, I ain’t gonna hold you.” Cannon agreed and interjected, “They soft! And they gotta go tell somebody.”
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